chat/ejabberd: Make epmd listen only on localhost

gdt · gdt · commit 32d7c702b92a · 2026-02-04T16:19:13.000Z
The default is *, so set it to 127.0.0.1, aligned with security for
single-host setups.  Theoretical users with multiple hosts are weclome
to send patches to make this configurable, or, better yet, fix
upstream via a config file.
diff --git a/chat/ejabberd/Makefile b/chat/ejabberd/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.108 2025/08/17 11:52:52 gdt Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.109 2026/02/04 16:19:13 gdt Exp $
 
 DISTNAME=	ejabberd-25.07
+PKGREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	chat
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_GITHUB:=processone/}
 
diff --git a/chat/ejabberd/files/ejabberd.sh b/chat/ejabberd/files/ejabberd.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!@RCD_SCRIPTS_SHELL@
 #
-# $NetBSD: ejabberd.sh,v 1.4 2014/07/31 10:31:51 fhajny Exp $
+# $NetBSD: ejabberd.sh,v 1.5 2026/02/04 16:19:13 gdt Exp $
 # $FreeBSD: ejabberd.sh.in,v 1.1 2005/08/28 15:51:48 vsevolod Exp $
 #
 # PROVIDE: ejabberd
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ ejabberd_status()
 
 ejabberd_start()
 {
+    # epmd is an erlang nameserver.  Listen only on localhost, aligned
+    # with what 99.9% want.
+    export ERL_EPMD_ADDRESS=127.0.0.1
     echo -n "Starting $name: "
     if ejabberd_status; then
 	echo " already running."

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@`
`1`	`1`	`#!@RCD_SCRIPTS_SHELL@`
`2`	`2`	`#`
`3`		`-# $NetBSD: ejabberd.sh,v 1.4 2014/07/31 10:31:51 fhajny Exp $`
	`3`	`+# $NetBSD: ejabberd.sh,v 1.5 2026/02/04 16:19:13 gdt Exp $`
`4`	`4`	`# $FreeBSD: ejabberd.sh.in,v 1.1 2005/08/28 15:51:48 vsevolod Exp $`
`5`	`5`	`#`
`6`	`6`	`# PROVIDE: ejabberd`
`@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ ejabberd_status()`
`34`	`34`
`35`	`35`	`ejabberd_start()`
`36`	`36`	`{`
	`37`	`+ # epmd is an erlang nameserver. Listen only on localhost, aligned`
	`38`	`+ # with what 99.9% want.`
	`39`	`+ export ERL_EPMD_ADDRESS=127.0.0.1`
`37`	`40`	`echo -n "Starting $name: "`
`38`	`41`	`if ejabberd_status; then`
`39`	`42`	`echo " already running."`